Encounters in Feminist Revisioning
: Wrestling and Visitation

The imaginative reworking of biblical narrative and tropes has been a significant strategy of feminist biblical interpretation. This article considers the work of the British second-wave feminist writers Sara Maitland, Michèle Roberts and Michelene Wandor in exploring the relational encounters of fe...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fisk, Anna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Brill 2015
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2015, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-59
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
FD Contextual theology
HA Bible
KBF British Isles
Further subjects:B feminist biblical interpretation
 literary revisioning of the Bible
 Sara Maitland
 Michèle Roberts
 Michelene Wandor

Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Description
Summary:The imaginative reworking of biblical narrative and tropes has been a significant strategy of feminist biblical interpretation. This article considers the work of the British second-wave feminist writers Sara Maitland, Michèle Roberts and Michelene Wandor in exploring the relational encounters of feminist biblical revisioning. This article engages with the relationship between biblical texts and revisionist writers through the paradigms of wrestling and visitation encounter.

ISSN:1568-5152
Contains:In: Biblical interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00231p02